My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 256 Rosewood Arhat
Sculpture, let's not talk about ancient China, there are countless carvings.

In African culture, sculpture is one of the most important forms of fine art.Most of the reliefs and round sculptures in Black Africa are made of wood, but there are also stone, metal and ceramics.

Ancient Egyptian sculpture is an art example of the perfect combination of sculpture and architecture, with the grandeur, broadness and very high artistic achievement like a historic monument.

For example, in order to maintain the flatness of the building, some reliefs combine the compressed volume with the lines in the painting form to achieve a novel artistic effect.

Some cultures in Oceania and Africa are similar.For example, the fine arts and sculptures in Oceania also serve religious and social needs.The most famous sculpture in Oceania is the huge stone statue on Easter Island.

In the Americas, the Tehuacan Valley in the Mexican state of Publo is the birthplace of the great Mesoamerican culture.Then, the most advanced pre-classical culture at that time appeared in the Gulf of Mexico area, that is, the Olmac culture.Around 300 BC, the Mayan culture began to appear and develop. It inherited the cultural traditions of Mesoamerica and developed large-scale sculptures, such as temples.

Therefore, all over the world, sculpture is an important part of the history of art development.

"We've seen the western sculptures, they are not reserved at all. If they were in our country, they would definitely be painted as dogs." Fang Xing pointed to a sculpture and said.

It was a sculpture of a woman, a pair of breasts frankly facing each other.

"This is the essence of their Western art. The more mysterious something is, the more it will be torn apart for everyone to see." There is "Western dog licking" launched again.

"Come on! This can also talk about art, take it."

"If you want to be yellow, let's be yellow! You have to put it so nicely."

"I laughed so hard, is this the essence of art?"

……

As Fang Xing said, in Western culture, there seems to be no such thing as shame.

Many of their works of art show women's hidden organs, but a large number of people still appreciate them with gusto, which is called art appreciation.

But if you don’t really appreciate art, then it’s hard to say.

Perhaps, in this regard, Japan has something to say. They have made so many AVs, which is also art!

The treasure of this store is a relief sculpture "The Gate of Hell".

Of course, this is only a small part.

The real "Gate of Hell" is the representative work of French sculptor Rodin.The one in front of me is definitely not the authentic work of Rodin, but the imitation has been very vivid, no wonder it can be used as a treasure of the store.

With his outstanding innovative consciousness and practice, Rodin started the engine of sculpture transformation, making him the landmark of the transformation of western sculpture art from classical to modern.

"The Gate of Hell" is different from previous architectural decorative reliefs.

Most of the similar reliefs in the past were composed according to the plot of the story, and the division and layout appeared to be orderly and in line with the logic of the development of the plot.Although this work only shows one theme, its composition is irregular.

Due to the undulating and staggered high reliefs and bas-reliefs on the plane, forming complex and unpredictable shadows, the entire gate appears gloomy, full of movement, and seems to be filled with the noise of hell.

It is said that when the work was first erected in a public square in Paris as an independent plaster substitute, it was attacked by students of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts and smashed into hundreds of pieces.

It can be seen that the appeal of this work.

The clerk saw Fang Xing and the others, came over to introduce them, and finally said that this is not for sale in their store.

Good guy!
It's not for sale again.

Many viewers couldn't help but roll their eyes. The so-called not-for-sale items are nothing more than the price has not been negotiated.In this world, there are not many real items that are not for sale.

Especially in the western capital world, the role of money is beyond your imagination.

Fang Xing and the others walked around, and finally found a wooden arhat on the shelf.

"How do you sell this?"

"Two thousand euros." The clerk gave the price immediately after taking a look.

His Chinese is very average, and when he speaks, he has to make a few hand gestures.

Fang Xing stretched out a finger: "A thousand euros, OK? If it's not OK, we won't waste time."

The clerk is just a wage earner, he can't decide how much to sell, so he has to ask the store manager.

Then, after a tug-of-war, Fang Xing helped Xiao Yu win the wooden Arhat for [-] euros.

Liu Shijun laughed and said, "If my brother hadn't done it, I couldn't bear it anymore. The material of this woodcarving is red sandalwood with small leaves! Aside from the carver, the materials alone cost tens of thousands!"

As we all know, red sandalwood grows slowly, it only takes 5 years for a year, and it takes more than 800 years to become a material. Its hardness is the first among woods. It is called "the king's wood", which is beyond comparison with ordinary wood.

Small leaf red sandalwood is the most expensive kind in the red sandalwood family.

In the Ming Dynasty, red sandalwood was valued by the royal family.The development of maritime transportation and Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas communicated trade and cultural exchanges with countries in Southeast Asia.Countries often have a certain amount of precious wood, including rosewood, in their regular and irregular trade exchanges with China.

But this was far from enough to meet the needs of China's huge ruling group, so the Ming government sent officials to Nanyang to purchase.

Subsequently, private business trafficking also emerged as the times require.By the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all the high-quality wood in Nanyang, especially rosewood, was bundled away.

As of the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, most of the rosewood produced in the world at that time was gathered in China.

In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor also sent people overseas to look for red sandalwood, but most of them were rough and not straight, so they could not be used at all.This made the people of the Qing Dynasty very upset. The red sandalwood that was worth using was almost chopped down by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Sister Xiaoyu was very happy when she heard this.

Fang Xing appraised and said: "This red sandalwood arhat should be an object from the Ming Dynasty. It has a stable and upright image, with the texture of a gold and bronze Buddha. It is a characteristic of capital manufacturing in the middle of the Ming Dynasty..."

Because wood is easy to decay, after years of tempering and wars, there are only a handful of early wooden Buddha statues that can survive, and most of them are from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Liu Shijun also commented one or two sentences: "However, judging from the patina, it is broken... Generally speaking, it can be regarded as a fine piece of red sandalwood carving in the Ming Dynasty. If you want to change hands, you can tell me, I can offer 80 yuan .”

have to!Will it still fall into the hands of Liu Shijun in the end?
Fang Xing didn't care about this, as long as he completed the task.

Sister Xiaoyu didn't hesitate at all. She bought it for more than 1 yuan, and it changed hands for 80 yuan. Why hesitate?The two sisters can get 40 yuan each!

Xiaoyu's sister, a social animal who has just been out of society for a long time, knows very well how difficult it is to earn 40 yuan.

As for Xiaoyu, a little girl who is still in junior high school, 40 is an astronomical sum.She was wondering how many beautiful clothes she could buy.

(End of this chapter)